usefulness of animals in lab experiments
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- Created on: 31-05-13 14:25
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- Discuss the usefulness of lab experiments that use non-human animals (12)
- credible
- when a study has practical use and can be generalised from animals to humans
- the obesity gene can be used to explain the causes of obesity within humans (a potential genetic link)
- when a study has practical use and can be generalised from animals to humans
- Ethical
- moral guidelines which have to be abided by
- due to sleep deprivation tests 80% of the rats died
- moral guidelines which have to be abided by
- Practical
- useful things about a study which have benefits to humans
- they found that a mutation in a particular gene can lead to obesity. eg rats consumed 80% more food
- useful things about a study which have benefits to humans
- Valid
- when you measure what you intend to meaure
- study of the affects of hormones on behaviour of rats injected with oestrogen and testosterone
- when you measure what you intend to meaure
- Reliable
- when the study can/has been repeated to gather similar results
- due to the standardised procedure the tests on the effects of sleep deprivation can be tested
- when the study can/has been repeated to gather similar results
- Generalise
- apply the results to humans
- a mutation in a particular gene can be used to explain the potential genetic link with obesity in human
- apply the results to humans
- credible
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